Target Group A conference by invitation only, for those with chief executive (top management) responsibility and authority in EFMD member business schools and centres. In other words, we accept only the Dean of the school, the Director General, the President, the Rector, the Managing Director of the school itself. Directors of non-member schools can be invited at the discretion of the organisers.

EFMD Quality Services Annual Meeting The EFMD Quality Services Team will report during a plenary session on the current status and the latest developments of EFMD accreditations. Through this session, Deans and Directors will also learn about the future objectives of the EFMD accreditations. It should be noted that this is not a standard accreditation seminar; explanations on Standards & Criteria or Processes are NOT the main objective of this session.

David Asch, Director, Quality Services, EFMD

Susan Hart, Associate Director, Quality Services, EFMD

Ulrich Hommel, Director, Quality Services, EFMD

Alfons Sauquet, Associate Director, Quality Services, EFMD

Martin Schader, Associate Director, Quality Services, EFMD

Jens Tøndel, Associate Director, Quality Services, EFMD

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 14:15

Welcome Address

Gunther Friedl, Dean, TUM School of Management, Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Management, DE

Eric Cornuel, CEO & Director General, EFMD

14:15 – 14:45

EFMD Updates

Eric Cornuel, CEO & Director General, EFMD

Richard Straub, President, Drucker Society Europe

14:45 – 15:00

Setting the Scene

Chairperson: Claudia Peus, Senior Vice President Talent Management and Diversity, Technical University of Munich, DE

15:00 – 16:00

Plenary I – Digitalisation; Changes in Demands for Knowledge Aim: as a result of increased digitalisation, what are the changes in demands when it comes to knowledge?

Frank Kohl-Boas, Head of People Partner North and Central Europe & EMEA, Google, DE

16:00 – 16:45

Coffee break

16:45 – 18:00

Breakouts series A – The Digitalisation of Business Schools Aim: discussing and exchanging experiences with peers on business school activities that have been affected by digitalisation.

A1 Changing Business Models Aim: how have business models been evolving and changing completely in the last years; the role digitalisation played in these transformations.

A2 Ethical Management Challenges Aim: exploring which new ethical challenges are caused by new technologies; how business schools can deal with those and how they can prepare students to deal with them.

Christoph Lütge, Peter Löscher Chair of Business Ethics, TUM School of Governance, DE

A3 Time to Rethink How We Teach and How We Learn Aim: understanding how the whole process of education, beyond business schools, is changing. It is changing in its design, in its delivery and in the way training is managed. How does the human brain acquire knowledge and how does the learning take place in a digital revolution context?

Plenary Panel III – Deans’ Response Aim: following the company’s explanation on the implication of digitalisation for them, a panel of Deans will analyse and discuss what this means concretely for them, as head of business schools; what are the direct and/or future implications? Should they adapt their way of teaching? Their curriculum? The way they are doing research? Etc.

Breakouts series B – Things Related to Being a Dean Aim: presentation of topics that are bound to interest Deans in their role as leader of a business school.

B1 Curriculum Development Aim: what should business schools change in their curriculum to be aligned with the current impact of digitalisation? What (new) skills faculty will now need to master? How can Deans have them accept to change their way of teaching? How can business schools make sure their graduates are equipped to go out into a digital work place?

Per Cramér, Dean, University of Gothenburg, School of Business, Economics & Law, SE

B2 Academic Talent Management Aim: understanding how to manage your faculty and talent in times of digitalisation.

B3 How to Respond to University Demands? Aim: if your business school is under the umbrella of a University, how can you, as Dean, still bring your school forward, adapting to changes linked to digitalisation for example, but still comply with your University’s expectations?

Peter Moizer, Dean, University of Leeds, Leeds University Business School, UK

B4 Digital formats in executive education Aim: demand for digital formats is particularly evident in the field of executive education. Companies with in-house programmes are often searching for digital solutions and for experimentation with a business school. Participants in open executive education programmes increasingly expect that part of the delivery will be electronic. How do business schools try to meet these expectations? What can we learn from their experiences?

Winfried Ruigrok, Dean, Executive School of Management, Technology and Law, University of St. Gallen, CH

B5 Managing Accreditation Aim: how should Deans of accredited schools manage and make the best out of these accreditations? Best practices.

Plenary IV – Embedding Entrepreneurship and Interdisciplinary Teaching Aim: understanding the choices of our host school when it comes to their Entrepreneurship Center in Garching, their Centre for Digital Technology and Management as well as their Centre for Energy Markets. What is the reasoning behind it? How does TUM School of Management use it to its advantage (marketing wise? Collaboration with the business school? etc.)?

Plenary V – The Mosaic Principle – Educating Integrative Problem Solvers to Solve Today’s Complex Problems Aim: tackling our society’s most complex problems will require well-rounded integrative problem solvers with an understanding and empathy for the business, political and social issues and challenges of our time. But that will challenge conventional approaches to management education, which have been more narrowly focused, siloed and specialized. What can innovative business schools do to embrace this challenge and produce a generation of future leaders with a mosaic of multi-dimensional skills, experiences and perspectives?

Nick Lovegrove, Business Strategist, Writer and Executive Coach; Former Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company and the Brunswick Group, US

16:30 – 16:45

Conclusions session

Chairperson: Claudia Peus, Senior Vice President Talent Management and Diversity, Technical University of Munich, DE